Dear Brothers & Friends,
BROTHER BEASTUS š¤ GRIMOIRE is an adventure.Ā This grimoire is a work in progress.Ā Iām still working my magic on it, that magic has a name, and itās resilience.
To be totally honest, Iāve been under extraordinary levels of stress latelyāas I know many of you, my Brothers & Friends, are as well.Ā
Introducing.... Discussion Thread of the Week:
Gay Satanic Men & Loveā
This weekās Discussion Thread is Are Gay Satanic Men Unable to Love?
Press theĀ button below, and a Substack.com page will launch where you may view and optionally join in the Discussion Thread.
Seen & Noted
Humans could evolve venom:Ā āCould future humans evolve to have venom glands? In new research, scientists causally link early salivary glands with what eventually became venom glands in many animals. Because saliva is the common thread, that means anyone with salivary glands could eventually develop venom.ā āHumans Will Probably Evolve to Be Venomous, Popular Mechanics
The horror safariāFrancis Bacon & dead elephants:Ā āDead elephants trigger off more ideas than living ones. They are suggestive of all types of beauty.āā The horror safari: why was Francis Bacon so triggered by dead elephants?, The Guardian
Can horror films be set in space? That was the controversy this week on Twitter. Hereās a good summary of it. One of my fave tweets is this one from @ruff_bluffs
BDSMLR update: I deleted the Brother Beastus BDSMLR account this past week due to a lack of confidence in the leadership of the site.
How to Build Community
I enjoy editing and sharing the little bits of devilish and otherwise interesting things that I find on Tumblr, Twitter, and across the open internet. But my covert intent behind it all since 2016 has been towards building communityāsometimes in little ways and other times in big ways.Ā
Thatās the spirit in which I try to engage with this, my grimoire.
That means this grimoire is going to be an adventure for a while. Iām going to be mixing it up until Iām happy with it. You will get to see my process.Ā
At some point, I may add donations to support this workāit takes a lot of time and personal energy to create all thisābut also to create monetary award prizes for creator contributions from writers, artists, etc.
I want this to grow.Ā Iām excited to announce that BROTHER BEASTUS š¤ GRIMOIRE just hit 99 followers!
Format Changes
A few features are going on hiatusāmeaning that they will likely come back. They are still good ideas, but they are temporarily going away because they need more than I can give them right now. Those include the flash fiction contest and the Onlyfans reviews.Ā That means āBlack Partyā too for now.
Gratefully, Brother Beastus š¤
P.S. Donāt forget the Discussion Thread